Maths Roots is a comprehensive primary mathematics programme for Grades 1–5, licensed from Marshall Cavendish Education, Singapore, and adapted by SAAR for Indian classrooms. Built on the Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract approach, Maths Roots helps learners move from hands-on experiences to visual models and then to abstract mathematical thinking. The programme supports conceptual understanding, fluency, problem solving, mathematical communication, reasoning, and real-world application.
Maths Roots brings Singapore-developed mathematics pedagogy to Indian classrooms through a complete Coursebook, Workbook, Teacher’s Guide, and Digital Resources package for Grades 1–5.
One programme. One pedagogy. Complete classroom support.
CPA Approach 
Singapore Maths Pedagogy 
Adapted for India 
NCF Aligned 
Grades 1–5 
Print + Digital Learning
Maths Roots is designed as a complete teaching and learning package. It provides schools with the resources they need to build strong mathematical foundations, support teachers, offer structured practice, and make classroom learning more engaging.
Builds conceptual understanding through carefully scaffolded lessons, real-world contexts, visual models, guided practice, and problem-solving opportunities.
Grades 1-5
Provides independent practice, application-based questions, challenge questions, reflection, and reinforcement of concepts introduced in the Coursebook.
Grades 1-5
Supports teachers with chapter-wise planning, teaching ideas, learning outcomes, vocabulary support, common errors, differentiation strategies, suggested answers, and lesson wrap-up support.
Grades 1-5
Enriches learning through QR-linked videos, virtual manipulatives, digital heuristics, and additional resources for classroom and home use.
Grades 1-5Many children can follow the steps in maths but struggle to explain why those steps work. Maths Roots changes this by helping learners first experience the concept, then see the concept, and finally write it using numbers and symbols.
This is the essence of the CPA Approach.
Maths Roots helps learers move from doing maths to understanding maths.
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Procedure-first Learning
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CPA-based Learning
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Learners are introduced to the rule first.
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Learners build the idea first.
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Learners follow the example.
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Learners explore, represent, and discuss concepts.
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Practice is often limited to similar sums.
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Practice builds fluency, application, and problem solving.
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The focus is mainly on answers.
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The focus is on reasoning and communication.
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Mistakes are corrected only at the end.
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Misconceptions are addressed throughout learning.
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The goal is not only to help children get answers. The goal is to help them build mathematical understanding, confidence, reasoning, fluency, and problem-solving ability.
Maths Roots helps learners understand mathematics before they are expected to perform mathematics.
Maths Roots supports NCF by moving mathematics learning away from rote procedures and towards conceptual understanding, experiential learning, reasoning, problem solving, mathematical communication, and classroom discussion.
The programme encourages learners to explore, observe, represent, discuss, practise, apply, and reflect. It supports a more inquiry-based, discovery-based, discussion-based, experiential, collaborative, and competency-based approach to mathematics learning.
Maths Roots is designed to help schools bring NCF-aligned mathematics learning into the primary classroom with clarity, structure, and confidence.
Conceptual Understanding over Rote Learning
Experiential and Activity-based Learning
Inquiry, Exploration, and Discovery
Reasoning and Mathematical Communication
Problem-solving and Heuristics
Puzzles, Games, and Mathematical Thinking
Formative Assessment and Reflection
Differentiated Support for Diverse Learners
Digital and Interactive Learning Experiences
Every chapter in Maths Roots is carefully scaffolded to help learners build concepts step by step. The programme uses spiral progression, the CPA approach, visual models, problem-solving strategies, formative assessment, and meaningful practice to support long-term mathematical understanding.
Maths Roots builds understanding first, strengthens fluency next, and develops confident problem solvers over time.
Lessons are structured so that learners receive the right support as they move from new concepts to guided practice and independent application.
Important ideas are revisited across grades with increasing depth, fluency, and complexity.
Learners are encouraged to apply concepts in familiar and unfamiliar situations using strategies such as drawing diagrams, making lists, looking for patterns, guess-and-check, working backwards, and other heuristics.
Features such as Let’s Recall, Stop-Think-Go, Let’s Practise, thinking prompts, and reflection questions help teachers monitor understanding throughout the learning process.
Learners are encouraged to explain their thinking, discuss strategies, compare methods, and communicate mathematical ideas.
Games, puzzles, mascots, illustrations, open-ended questions, and classroom activities make maths more engaging and meaningful.
The programme includes support for learners who need more help as well as challenge tasks for advanced learners.
Maths Roots uses both the Coursebook and the Workbook to create a strong learning cycle. The Coursebook builds understanding in the classroom. The Workbook strengthens independent practice, application, assessment, and reflection.
Learners do not simply practise after a lesson. They practise after they have explored, discussed, represented, understood, and applied the concept.
Explore
Learn Together
Think
Practise
Discover
Reflect
A strong mathematics programme works best when teachers are well supported. Maths Roots gives teachers a structured guide to plan, teach, question, differentiate, assess, and close every lesson effectively.
The Teacher’s Guide supports both experienced and new teachers with practical classroom guidance, helping reduce lesson preparation time and strengthen classroom delivery.
Maths Roots combines print and digital learning to create a richer and more engaging mathematics classroom. QR-linked resources help learners watch, interact, explore, and practise beyond the printed page.
These resources support visual learning, active exploration, problem solving, and teacher-led classroom engagement.
Scan. Explore. Interact. Understand.
Maths Roots is available for Grades 1 to 5. Each grade follows a clear progression of mathematical ideas, helping learners revisit concepts, deepen understanding, and build confidence year after year.
The programme uses a spiral structure so that important mathematical ideas are not treated as one-time topics. Learners return to key concepts with increasing depth, fluency, reasoning, and application.
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Help learners move beyond solving sums to understanding mathematics.
Request Demo / Sample Pack Speak to Our TeamMaths Roots helps children experience, visualise, understand, practise, and apply mathematics. With its CPA-based pedagogy, scaffolded lessons, problem-solving focus, teacher support, and digital resources, it gives schools a complete programme for primary mathematics learning.
